You Do Not Need 10,000 Steps a Day

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If you have ambitions to start exercising or get the most out of your exercise routine, there are a lot of flashy tricks promising to help you. But not all of them are supported by science. Do ice baths help? Stretching? Heat? This video has the data. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: J.V. Rosenbalm, Bethany Matthews, Toyas Dhake, David Johnston, Lyndsay Brown, Alan Wong, Jeffrey Mckishen, Kaitlyn O'Callaghan, Reed Spilmann, Garrett Galloway, Friso, kickinwasabi, Gizmo, Jeremy Mattern, Blood Doctor Kelly, Eric Jensen, Jaap Westera, Matt Curls, Jp Lynch, Wesus, Chris Curry, Cye Stoner, Kevin Knupp, Piya Shedden, Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Jason A Saslow, Kevin Bealer, Joseph Ruf, Chris Peters, Chris Mackey, Steve Gums ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vRswUENL-xhAs8KhV6u32bn4KrySpN8woI_-uvko5Mf7ihKDPEX8O8daZR3jY0xOqXDQoqsyp9DIr-8/pub

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